The Wrong Kind of Web 2.0 User
The Seattle Times this morning is running an unusual article about Web 2.0 start ups that have a problem, too many users not from the United States.
Month of MySpace Bugs Begins in April
The month of bug’s syndrome extends its reach into MySpace starting in April. The question is, will newscorp listen.
ELGG – Social Technology Software
If you want to build out your own DIY social network, then you need to check out ELGG.
ELGG is a new open source social network software package that is available on source forge. We spent the last day and a half installing the software and playing with some of the mods and other goodies that come with the software.
Good parts about this is that it is fairly easy to install, there are some mods we had to make to the SuSe Linux that we were installing it on.
Looking at Joost Beta
Finally got a chance to install and look at Joost Beta, and it might just end up being the killer app.
Keyword Optimisation or Compelling Copy in Blog Titles?
Brian Clark has some excellent ideas for writing effective titles in his blog copyblogger. He has recently re-written headlines submitted by his readers along with a rationale for the changes. It’s a good way of demonstrating what works.
Site Inventory for Future Use
One of the great things about having clients is that they provide a financial platform you can use to reinvest in different areas.
That means building and promoting sites in your target vertical – but also reinvesting some of the cash into building and promoting sites into other verticals you may want to get involved with at a later date.
Social Media and Support Communities
Social Media is a hot phrase currently. It’s an extension of the idea implicit in that Times Magazine selection of YOU (that’s all of us) as Person Of The Year in 2006.
What’s the Most Important Blog Marketing Secret?
This article is the first in a follow up series on a popular article I wrote last week making the case for the need to market your blog’s content and how I believe the reason good blogs often go unread is do to poor marketing.
Cross-Discipline Bundling in Online Marketing
The web designer wants you to just trust him, and not to listen to the sales department. The sales department is sure that the Geek who runs the back end is a communist. The website is invisible because someone thought a no-cache tag would be a cute way to avoid outdated content, and none of the pages are cached.
Duplicate Content of Biblical Proportions
It is Sunday although I am not a very religious person, thus I was, horror of horrors, outside shovelling snow around. It was drifting, and if I hadn’t done anything with it, it might have blocked the driveway for my wife Monday morning. Does your mind wander when you are doing a physical job that doesn’t require much other thought? Mine certainly does. Duplicate Content of Biblical Proportions